Sunlight in the Roots (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Sunlight in the Roots

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Photoreceptors in the roots are activated by light which is transmitted from the shoot to the underground roots through the stem.

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Rakesh Santhanam, Angela Overmeyer / Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology.

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